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Ok let's think about this just take a think.
35 mm forks. When is the last time someone successfully landed a 20 foot double with them? 1980? Ever heard of sag? What happens when all the extra trav ...

I think that you also may need to think about the fact that not to many dirt bikes weigh as much as an xs650. so you may want to do some research on fork springs also.

If you have a leak there (cylinder base) its probobaly already to late to simply retorque. the ones under the sparkplugs are only for the head to cylinder. the 8 acorns are the only ones that hold the ...

try switching the two wires that come from the points. that is an easy one to get mixed up and results in fireworks

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You could find TDC using a dial indicater and with a degree wheel mark the rotor. thats how its usually done , I'm sure you will hear many more interesting ways though.

Alot of times when the idle doesnt come down right away its caused by a lean air fuel mixture and normally corrected with the mixture screws if not by a richer pilot jet and some tuning

I'll send pics of my new pipes soon their coming along nicely

Agreed life is to short to do things half fasst

Do you have a "born to lose" tattoo?
Can any of you good people please tell this gentleman that a camshaft is a precision part and grinding of them should be left to people that have the proper equi ...

well I currently have two running great! one with a Megacycle cam and a Pamco ignition in my daily rider and another with a Web cam and a Probe ignition in a race bike.
On another note, if i would ha ...

and then of coarse the Goodyears that we have run for years and years

either the continental or the maxxis dirttrack tires are excellent and available in the harder compounds for the street

I know what he was saying but someone had asked a yes or no question and it always seems that somebody has to over complicate a very simple question and answer.

not to confuse the issue, a 71' fires off the cam

So YES IT WILL WORK!

yes it will work

you could use a heavy piece of steel to hold on one side while you stake the pins on the other side with a chisel. thats what i did before i aquired the yamaha tool for the job which esentially does t ...

also i find it hard to believe that the piston was hitting the head since i regularly cut .050" off the top of the cylinders on race motors to raise the compression and do not have that problem. howev ...

top ends of the rods tend to wear out soon, as far as the head check the one valve guide closly as for the other it will need replacement and then fitting and a valve job. it may be a bunch cheaper to ...

i have the daytona superbike bars, and it is now a complete joy to ride after replacing the buck horns to me they feel, well, just plain wrong!

not to mention a 277 is just cheaper to build all thats needed is a cam and ignition. no special shaft or crank web to purchase. i have 2 277 bikes now one street and one race, also a stocker and the ...

You could also try a local machine shop. if they have water jets or lasers they throw a ton of great material out daily, I know that we do where I work anyway.

I guess that would depend on whether your using a disc or drum brake set-up. if your using a disc just use a banjo pressure switch at the master cylinder, for a drum weld the tab that the switch was o ...

What do you mean your manifold toasted itself?

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